A Filipino-American who wants to use fashion as a force for good is the 71st Miss Universe. R’Bonney Nola Gabriel, 28, who represented Texas at Miss USA, was crowned on January 14, 2023, 9 AM Manila time, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
A FASHION show at a funeral parlor? Why not?
IT’S 2019, but some people still tell women what to wear. This brusque “requirement” was on sordid display on social media during and after the President delivered his 4th State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the House of Representatives on July 22.
FROM “Girl to Beat” to “Girl on Fire,” Catriona Elisa Magnayon Gray’s exhilarating time in Thailand ended with her being crowned the “Most Beautiful Woman in the Universe.”
MANILA—A girl who grew up reading books about birds while riding a water buffalo as it strolls across rice fields near the Great Mekong River in Vietnam has been crowned the new Miss Earth.
‘IT’S nice because I started it 10 years ago. It’s sort of like nakakataba ng puso; at the same time it’s very gratifying and fulfilling. I’m just filled with gratitude that I’m able to celebrate 25 years of my career with the 10 years of the Red Charity Gala,” Rajo Laurel, one of the most recognizable names in Philippine fashion, says of being the featured designer of the annual fund-raising fete.
By C. Mendez Legaspi / Photos by Jowee Winstanley-Morel
As soon as she introduced herself as “Liwanag ng Kalikasan” her “Heroine Fighting Climate Change” persona in the parade of nations segment, Karen Santos Ibasco of the Philippines proved unstoppable as the warrior-goddess to beat at the Miss Earth 2017 pageant last Saturday night.
A maiden from Manila bested 39 other ladies to become the country’s top eco-warrior/beauty queen, as she was crowned Miss Philippines Earth 2017 at the Mall of Asia Arena on Saturday night.
By C. Mendez Legaspi / Special to the BusinessMirror
By C. Mendez Legaspi / Photographed by Alysa Salen
By C. Mendez Legaspi | Photographed by Alysa Salen
Contrary to memes dominating most Facebook feeds over the weekend, the tickets for “The Most Beautiful Night in the Universe” are not as affordable as one is hoping to believe. The cheapest is pegged at P2,120 while the highest is P14,260, with other posts saying VIP tickets cost P25,000.
THE “Most Beautiful Night in the Universe” almost never came to be. There were strong speculations that, contrary to widespread rumors, the Miss Universe pageant would not happen here and will go back to its de-facto home in Las Vegas.
THE storied Santo Domingo Church in Quezon City, besides being a house of God, is an artist’s haven.
I’m technology-intolerant. I’d be the first to admit that. Anything new that comes along mystifies me—be it a new gadget, a Microsoft Word retooling, or an e-mail trick. I could hold on to a phone until it conks out, or to a laptop until the screen flatlines. I’m not easily lured into buying the latest product until what I’m using becomes unusable.
By C. Mendez Legaspi
